Android: Google's Dream, Apple's Nightmare? — T-Mobile will unveil the first Android handset on Sept. 23 — A new smartphone is debuting on Sept. 23, and, no, it's not just another iPhone clone. The HTC Dream from T-Mobile will be the first handset to run Google's new mobile operating system, Android.

Say Hello To The $520 BlackBerry And The $600 iPhone — Wireless carriers are starting to deliver on their yearlong promises of “open access” to gadgets and mobile applications that the carriers don't sell themselves. One of the first steps: Setting prices for new service offerings, which Verizon Wireless did today.

Windows 7 must appeal to geeks—or else — Windows Vista has been a tragedy on many levels for Microsoft. First, it was marked with compatibility issues and annoyances with its User Access Control feature that started a firestorm of epic proportions. But once those issues improved …

Book Search everywhere with new partnerships and tools — Posted by Alex Diaz, Product Manager, Google Book Search — Today, we're taking a big step towards bringing more books, across more sites, to more people online. — We're launching a set of free tools that allow retailers …

Oracle Enters the AWS Cloud — We've been working with Oracle to bring a number of their products into the cloud. The first fruits of this work are now ready: cloud-compatible licensing, EC2 AMIs preloaded with a variety of Oracle products, support programs, backup to the cloud, and a cloud management portal.

GE Drops Google, Selects Zoho — General Electric has decided to forgo a partnership with Google and has formalized a strategic partnership with Zoho for its 400,000 desktops. GE made the decision after a vigorous evaluation of both products. “GE is a master at taking costs out of established processes …

I will be joining Microsoft Research in January — Guess who has a post-dissertation job? [Yes, that implies I'm actually going to finish this *#$@! dissertation.] :: bounce:: In January, I will be joining the newly minted Microsoft Research New England in Boston, MA. w00000t!!!!!

Angry IT workers: A ticking time bomb? — IT workers are mad as hell and they're not going to take it anymore. What can you do to keep things from reaching the point of no return? — It was 9:30 on the morning of March 4, 2002, and something was terribly wrong at the offices of PaineWebber UBS.

Adobe uses graphics chip for faster Photoshop CS4 — Photoshop is a famously taxing piece of software, but beginning with the upcoming CS4 version, it'll be able to employ the muscle of your computer's graphics chip for the first time. — The new version of Adobe's flagship software product takes …

Will Microsoft ever get the web? — Looking for converts — Remix 08 The UK Remix conference in Brighton last week was a local echo of Mix in Las Vegas, Microsoft's web development event. Some 500 developers and designers turned up in a tired Brighton Centre to hear Microsoft's web story …

Ringing in a New Era in Unified Communications — Q&A: Gurdeep Singh Pall, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Unified Communications Group, talks about why businesses are embracing Microsoft's unified communications platform and the importance of providing customers with a single infrastructure and user experience.

HP Rumored to be Closing VoodooPC — According to an insider close to the situation, VoodooPC as we know it might not be around for much longer. An e-mail is apparently being circulated throughout the company noting layoffs, although the number of people to be culled is unclear.

Is Latency Crippling Yahoo's Right Media? Yep. — Right Media, an online ad exchange that Yahoo acquired in 2007, is having some serious technical hiccups, sources within the online ad world tell us. This is leading to problems with capacity and latency.